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I'm trying to make a demonstration of orange and blue color timing. I've been told I can do this in the YIQ domain by increasing the level of I and decreasing Q. So I want to take a video, rotate the ...

I installed a new color scheme for my vim editor and have put an entry in ~/.vimrc to start vim everytime with this color scheme. But the problem is it applies to vim sessions opened ONLY with sudo. ...

I'm using the default setting. I'm looking for a simple legend that says 'this color means that' or 'comments are blue, functions are green', whatever. I'd think the need for this would be painfully ...

I installed BALLView via the software centre and while the program starts OK it is having difficulty in colouring models properly. See the colour palette for the different chemical elements has been ...

I want to make my Terminal transparent. The setting need is in the profile settings dialog of the Terminal, in the "Background" tab. The problem is, that tab just isn't there with my Ubuntu:
Left is ...

LibreOffice Writer includes an "Export to PDF" option. When I use this, the PDF's background is always white. Yet in the LibreOffice Writer file I am exporting from, it has a dark-gray background. In ...

I am using Xubuntu 14.04. I have the Libreoffice PPA added for the latest version of LibreOffice writer. (I have the latest version installed to be able to print to PDF with comments on the side.)
I ...

How do I print the second vowel in a word in red or blue color.
Let say I execute my script called "script1" which reads a text file.
My script should be able to print the second vowel in every word ...

i did something very stupid, and i messed with my partitions; i can access everything (already backed up my ubuntu partition) but i dont think i have enough space for backing up my other partition but ...

I've been experimenting with different colorschemes in vim lately. My problem is that the colors used by the schemes only use the 16 colors in my Profile Preferences, even though my terminal supports ...

How can I reset gnome-terminal color scheme? My terminal not showing color difference when I use ls command. All files and directories shown in white. It's difficult to see which one is directory and ...

In the Ubuntu version of gnome-terminal I'm seeing a weird problem with colors that I know is somehow related to gnome-terminal because this same setup works fine with iTerm2 on my Mac.
From terminal ...

I connected one of my computers with an Intel onboard video card to my LCD TV via VGA port, since it is the only video output that the computer has. After installing Ubuntu when I got back to the HDMI ...

I already know how to change themes but I'm quite fond of the Ambiance pack that I'm using. My problem is a slight annoyance, yet an annoyance nonetheless. I want to know how to change the Panel/Menu ...

I've got Ubuntu 14.04 on my Sony Vaio SVE15137. The issue is, when I shut the lid of the laptop (my settings let it stay running, it doesn't suspend or lock the screen), and raise the lid after,say, ...

Firstly, apologies for a vague title ; I didnt know what to say.
I have a particular pdf (book). However I am having a lot of trouble reading this pdf. The issue is that the background color, which ...

I'm trying to use my Canon PIXMA IP4000R printer with Ubuntu. It is installed correctly: CUPS+Gutenprint, and I have no issue when printing documents.
However when printing photos (for example with ...

I upgraded to Ubuntu 14.10 today, and in its version of gedit (3.10.4), the spell-checking plugin highlights misspelled words in light grey. Is there a way to change it back to red? I poked around the ...

I noticed that the pictures in Image Viewer are a lot darker than they should be. For example if I open the same picture in Shotwell Photo Viewer, then the brightness of the pictures is ok. The same ...

Ubuntu 12.04.5 LTS 64bits using bash
I would like to change the color of the comments (Dark blue) for nano and pico
I can change the color of pretty much every files and folders in /home/.dircolors ...

I'm using the KDE desktop (but originally installed normal Ubuntu). I like dark colors for my desktop theme. The only dark theme I see installed by default is "Elegance". When I select this theme, the ...

Using Ubuntu 14.04. In Compiz, I have enabled Negative and OBS plugins (color filters). What I want is, filter A should be applied after filter B (I want to be able to control the order). How can I ...

On the terminal emulator, how do I get the Matrix theme colors (Lime-Green text over black background)?
I like the purple a lot, it matches my laptop. But for the terminal, I want green font. How is ...